Byker Hill Songtext
von Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick

If I had another penny, I would have another gill
And I would make the piper pay, the bonnie lass o′ Byker Hill
Byker Hill and Walker Shore, colyer lads forevermore
Byker Hill and Walker Shore, colyer lads forevermore
When first I come into the town, I had no trousers nor pit shirt
Now I'm getting two or three, a walker fit done well by me
Byker Hill and Walker Shore, colyer lads forevermore
Byker Hill and Walker Shore, colyer lads forevermore
My jinny she is never near, my jinny she is never near
And when I call out there′s me supper
She orders up another pint of beer
Byker Hill and Walker Shore, colyer lads forevermore
Byker Hill and Walker Shore, colyer lads forevermore
My jinny she sits our lanter, my jinny she sits our lanter
My jinny she sits our lanter, between the pint pot and the cup
Byker Hill and Walker Shore, colyer lads forevermore
Byker Hill and Walker Shore, colyer lads forevermore
Hey jinny come home to your little baby
Hey jinny come home to your little baby
Jinny come home to your little baby


With a pint o' beer all under your arm
Byker Hill and Walker Shore, colyer lads forevermore
Byker Hill and Walker Shore, colyer lads forevermore
The poor coal cutter gets two shillings, the deputy gets half a crown
The overman gets five and six pence, just for riding up and down
Byker Hill and Walker Shore, colyer lads forevermore
Byker Hill and Walker Shore, colyer lads forevermore
The pitman and the kilnman trim, to the dance they do begin
They drink bumbo made of gin, they dance the Elsie Marley
Byker Hill and Walker Shore, colyer lads forevermore
Byker Hill and Walker Shore, colyer lads forevermore
Geordie Johnson had a pigeon, he hit it with a shovel
And he danced a jig all the way to Walker
Shore, to the tune of Elsie Marley
Byker Hill and Walker Shore, colyer lads forevermore
Byker Hill and Walker Shore, colyer lads forevermore
If I had another penny, I would have another gill
And I would make the piper pay, the bonnie lass o' Byker Hill
Byker Hill and Walker Shore, colyer lads forevermore
Byker Hill and Walker Shore, colyer lads forevermore